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Hernández M, Rosas G, Cervantes J, Fragoso G, Rosales-Mendoza S, Sciutto E. Transgenic plants: a 5-year update on oral antipathogen vaccine development. Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 13:1523-36. [PMID: 25158836 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.953064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The progressive interest in transgenic plants as advantageous platforms for the production and oral delivery of vaccines has led to extensive research and improvements in this technology over recent years. In this paper, the authors examine the most significant advances in this area, including novel approaches for higher yields and better containment, and the continued evaluation of new vaccine prototypes against several infectious diseases. The use of plants to deliver vaccine candidates against viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotic parasites within the last 5 years is discussed, focusing on innovative expression strategies and the immunogenic potential of new vaccines. A brief section on the state of the art in mucosal immunity is also included.
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- Marisela Hernández
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México, DF, México
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Hefferon K. Plant virus expression vector development: new perspectives. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:785382. [PMID: 24745025 PMCID: PMC3972958 DOI: 10.1155/2014/785382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Plant made biologics have elicited much attention over recent years for their potential in assisting those in developing countries who have poor access to modern medicine. Additional applications such as the stockpiling of vaccines against pandemic infectious diseases or potential biological warfare agents are also under investigation. Plant virus expression vectors represent a technology that enables high levels of pharmaceutical proteins to be produced in a very short period of time. Recent advances in research and development have brought about the generation of superior virus expression systems which can be readily delivered to the host plant in a manner that is both efficient and cost effective. This review presents recent innovations in plant virus expression systems and their uses for producing biologics from plants.
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Baltes NJ, Gil-Humanes J, Cermak T, Atkins PA, Voytas DF. DNA replicons for plant genome engineering. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:151-63. [PMID: 24443519 PMCID: PMC3963565 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.119792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 12/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Sequence-specific nucleases enable facile editing of higher eukaryotic genomic DNA; however, targeted modification of plant genomes remains challenging due to ineffective methods for delivering reagents for genome engineering to plant cells. Here, we use geminivirus-based replicons for transient expression of sequence-specific nucleases (zinc-finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector nucleases, and the clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeat/Cas system) and delivery of DNA repair templates. In tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), replicons based on the bean yellow dwarf virus enhanced gene targeting frequencies one to two orders of magnitude over conventional Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA. In addition to the nuclease-mediated DNA double-strand breaks, gene targeting was promoted by replication of the repair template and pleiotropic activity of the geminivirus replication initiator proteins. We demonstrate the feasibility of using geminivirus replicons to generate plants with a desired DNA sequence modification. By adopting a general plant transformation method, plantlets with a desired DNA change were regenerated in <6 weeks. These results, in addition to the large host range of geminiviruses, advocate the use of replicons for plant genome engineering.
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- Nicholas J. Baltes
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Klimyuk V, Pogue G, Herz S, Butler J, Haydon H. Production of recombinant antigens and antibodies in Nicotiana benthamiana using 'magnifection' technology: GMP-compliant facilities for small- and large-scale manufacturing. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2014; 375:127-54. [PMID: 22527176 DOI: 10.1007/82_2012_212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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This review describes the adaptation of the plant virus-based transient expression system, magnICON(®) for the at-scale manufacturing of pharmaceutical proteins. The system utilizes so-called "deconstructed" viral vectors that rely on Agrobacterium-mediated systemic delivery into the plant cells for recombinant protein production. The system is also suitable for production of hetero-oligomeric proteins like immunoglobulins. By taking advantage of well established R&D tools for optimizing the expression of protein of interest using this system, product concepts can reach the manufacturing stage in highly competitive time periods. At the manufacturing stage, the system offers many remarkable features including rapid production cycles, high product yield, virtually unlimited scale-up potential, and flexibility for different manufacturing schemes. The magnICON system has been successfully adaptated to very different logistical manufacturing formats: (1) speedy production of multiple small batches of individualized pharmaceuticals proteins (e.g. antigens comprising individualized vaccines to treat NonHodgkin's Lymphoma patients) and (2) large-scale production of other pharmaceutical proteins such as therapeutic antibodies. General descriptions of the prototype GMP-compliant manufacturing processes and facilities for the product formats that are in preclinical and clinical testing are provided.
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- Victor Klimyuk
- Icon Genetics, Weinbergweg 22, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany,
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Yamagishi N, Kishigami R, Yoshikawa N. Reduced generation time of apple seedlings to within a year by means of a plant virus vector: a new plant-breeding technique with no transmission of genetic modification to the next generation. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2014; 12:60-8. [PMID: 23998891 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Fruit trees have a long juvenile phase. For example, the juvenile phase of apple (Malus × domestica) generally lasts for 5-12 years and is a serious constraint for genetic analysis and for creating new apple cultivars through cross-breeding. If modification of the genes involved in the transition from the juvenile phase to the adult phase can enable apple to complete its life cycle within 1 year, as seen in herbaceous plants, a significant enhancement in apple breeding will be realized. Here, we report a novel technology that simultaneously promotes expression of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T gene (AtFT) and silencing of apple TERMINAL FLOWER 1 gene (MdTFL1-1) using an Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV) vector (ALSV-AtFT/MdTFL1) to accelerate flowering time and life cycle in apple seedlings. When apple cotyledons were inoculated with ALSV-AtFT/MdTFL1 immediately after germination, more than 90% of infected seedlings started flowering within 1.5-3 months, and almost all early-flowering seedlings continuously produced flower buds on the lateral and axillary shoots. Cross-pollination between early-flowering apple plants produced fruits with seeds, indicating that ALSV-AtFT/MdTFL1 inoculation successfully reduced the time required for completion of the apple life cycle to 1 year or less. Apple latent spherical virus was not transmitted via seeds to successive progenies in most cases, and thus, this method will serve as a new breeding technique that does not pass genetic modification to the next generation.
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Alonso J, Górzny M, Bittner A. The physics of tobacco mosaic virus and virus-based devices in biotechnology. Trends Biotechnol 2013; 31:530-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zhang H, Wang L, Hunter D, Voogd C, Joyce N, Davies K. A Narcissus mosaic viral vector system for protein expression and flavonoid production. PLANT METHODS 2013; 9:28. [PMID: 23849589 PMCID: PMC3728148 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-9-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND With the explosive numbers of sequences generated by next generation sequencing, the demand for high throughput screening to understand gene function has grown. Plant viral vectors have been widely used as tools in down-regulating plant gene expression. However, plant viral vectors can also express proteins in a very efficient manner and, therefore, can also serve as a valuable tool for characterizing proteins and their functions in metabolic pathways in planta. RESULTS In this study, we have developed a Gateway®-based high throughput viral vector cloning system from Narcissus Mosaic Virus (NMV). Using the reporter genes of GFP and GUS, and the plant genes PAP1 (an R2R3 MYB which activates the anthocyanin pathway) and selenium-binding protein 1 (SeBP), we show that NMV vectors and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana can be used for efficient protein expression, protein subcellular localization and secondary metabolite production. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that not only can the plant viral vector system be employed for protein work but also can potentially be amenable to producing valuable secondary metabolites on a large scale, as the system does not require plant regeneration from seed or calli, which are stages where certain secondary metabolites can interfere with development.
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- Huaibi Zhang
- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (PFR), Private Bag 11600 Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (PFR), Private Bag 11600 Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (PFR), Private Bag 11600 Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- PFR, Private Bag Private Bag 92169, Auckland 1142 New Zealand
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- PFR, Private Bag 4704 Christchurch, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (PFR), Private Bag 11600 Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Kempe K, Rubtsova M, Riewe D, Gils M. The production of male-sterile wheat plants through split barnase expression is promoted by the insertion of introns and flexible peptide linkers. Transgenic Res 2013; 22:1089-105. [PMID: 23720222 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9714-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The successful use of transgenic plants depends on the strong and stable expression of the heterologous genes. In this study, three introns (PSK7-i1 and PSK7-i3 from Petunia and UBQ10-i1 from Arabidopsis) were tested for their ability to enhance the tapetum-specific expression of a split barnase transgene. We also analyzed the effects of introducing multiple copies of flexible peptide linkers that bridged the fusion domains of the assembled protein. The barnase fragments were assembled into a functional cytotoxin via intein-mediated trans-splicing, thus leading to male sterility through pollen ablation. A total of 14 constructs carrying different combinations of introns and peptide linkers were transformed into wheat plants. The resulting populations (between 41 and 301 independent plants for each construct) were assayed for trait formation. Depending on which construct was used, there was an increase of up to fivefold in the proportion of plants exhibiting male sterility compared to the populations harboring unmodified constructs. Furthermore, the average barnase copy number in the plants displaying male sterility could be reduced. The metabolic profiles of male-sterile transgenic plants and non-transgenic plants were compared using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The profiles generated from leaf tissues displayed no differences, thus corroborating the anther specificity of barnase expression. The technical advances achieved in this study may be a valuable contribution for future improvement of transgenic crop systems.
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- Katja Kempe
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, 06466, Stadt Seeland, Gatersleben, OT, Germany
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Dawson WO, Folimonova SY. Virus-based transient expression vectors for woody crops: a new frontier for vector design and use. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2013; 51:321-37. [PMID: 23682912 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082712-102329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Virus-based expression vectors are commonplace tools for the production of proteins or the induction of RNA silencing in herbaceous plants. This review considers a completely different set of uses for viral vectors in perennial fruit and nut crops, which can be productive for periods of up to 100 years. Viral vectors could be used in the field to modify existing plants. Furthermore, with continually emerging pathogens and pests, viral vectors could express genes to protect the plants or even to treat plants after they become infected. As technologies develop during the life span of these crops, viral vectors can be used for adding new genes as an alternative to pushing up the crop and replanting with transgenic plants. Another value of virus-based vectors is that they add nothing permanently to the environment. This requires that effective and stable viral vectors be developed for specific crops from endemic viruses. Studies using viruses from perennial hosts suggest that these objectives could be accomplished.
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- William O Dawson
- Department of Plant Pathology, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850, USA.
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Julve JM, Gandía A, Fernández-Del-Carmen A, Sarrion-Perdigones A, Castelijns B, Granell A, Orzaez D. A coat-independent superinfection exclusion rapidly imposed in Nicotiana benthamiana cells by tobacco mosaic virus is not prevented by depletion of the movement protein. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 81:553-64. [PMID: 23417583 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0028-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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New evidence is emerging which indicates that population variants in plant virus infections are not uniformly distributed along the plant, but structured in a mosaic-like pattern due to limitation to the superinfection imposed by resident viral clones. The mechanisms that prevent the infection of a challenge virus into a previously infected cell, a phenomenon known as superinfection exclusion (SE) or Homologous Interference, are only partially understood. By taking advantage of a deconstructed tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) system, where the capsid protein (CP) gene is replaced by fluorescent proteins, an exclusion mechanism independent of CP was unveiled. Time-course superinfection experiments provided insights into SE dynamics. Initial infection levels affecting less than 10 % of cells led to full immunization in only 48 h, and measurable immunization levels were detected as early as 6 h post-primary infection. Depletion of a functional movement protein (MP) was also seen to slow down, but not to prevent, the SE mechanism. These observations suggest a CP-independent mechanism based on competition for a host-limiting factor, which operates at very low virus concentration. The possible involvement of host factors in SE has interesting implications as it would enable the host to influence the process.
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- José Manuel Julve
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Avda Tarongers SN, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Hefferon KL. Plant virus expression vectors set the stage as production platforms for biopharmaceutical proteins. Virology 2013; 433:1-6. [PMID: 22979981 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Revised: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Transgenic plants present enormous potential as a cost-effective and safe platform for large-scale production of vaccines and other therapeutic proteins. A number of different technologies are under development for the production of pharmaceutical proteins from plant tissues. One method used to express high levels of protein in plants involves the employment of plant virus expression vectors. Plant virus vectors have been designed to carry vaccine epitopes as well as full therapeutic proteins such as monoclonal antibodies in plant tissue both safely and effectively. Biopharmaceuticals such as these offer enormous potential on many levels, from providing relief to those who have little access to modern medicine, to playing an active role in the battle against cancer. This review describes the current design and status of plant virus expression vectors used as production platforms for biopharmaceutical proteins.
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Gleba YY, Tusé D, Giritch A. Plant viral vectors for delivery by Agrobacterium. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2013; 375:155-92. [PMID: 23949286 DOI: 10.1007/82_2013_352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Plant viral vectors delivered by Agrobacterium are the basis of several manufacturing processes that are currently in use for producing a wide range of proteins for multiple applications, including vaccine antigens, antibodies, protein nanoparticles such as virus-like particles (VLPs), and other protein and protein-RNA scaffolds. Viral vectors delivered by agrobacterial T-DNA transfer (magnifection) have also become important tools in research. In recent years, essential advances have been made both in the development of second-generation vectors designed using the 'deconstructed virus' approach, as well as in the development of upstream manufacturing processes that are robust and fully scalable. The strategy relies on Agrobacterium as a vector to deliver DNA copies of one or more viral RNA/DNA replicons; the bacteria are delivered into leaves by vacuum infiltration, and the viral machinery takes over from the point of T-DNA transfer to the plant cell nucleus, driving massive RNA and protein production and, if required, cell-to-cell spread of the replicons. Among the most often used viral backbones are those of the RNA viruses Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), Potato virus X (PVX) and Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), and the DNA geminivirus Bean yellow dwarf virus. Prototypes of industrial processes that provide for high yield, rapid scale up and fast manufacturing cycles have been designed, and several GMP-compliant and GMP-certified manufacturing facilities are in place. These efforts have been successful as evidenced by the fact that several antibodies and vaccine antigens produced by magnifection are currently in clinical development.
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- Yuri Y Gleba
- Nomad Bioscience GmbH, Weinbergweg 22, Halle (Saale), Germany,
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Kapusi E, Kempe K, Rubtsova M, Kumlehn J, Gils M. phiC31 integrase-mediated site-specific recombination in barley. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45353. [PMID: 23024817 PMCID: PMC3443236 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Streptomyces phage phiC31 integrase was tested for its feasibility in excising transgenes from the barley genome through site-specific recombination. We produced transgenic barley plants expressing an active phiC31 integrase and crossed them with transgenic barley plants carrying a target locus for recombination. The target sequence involves a reporter gene encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP), which is flanked by the attB and attP recognition sites for the phiC31 integrase. This sequence disruptively separates a gusA coding sequence from an upstream rice actin promoter. We succeeded in producing site-specific recombination events in the hybrid progeny of 11 independent barley plants carrying the above target sequence after crossing with plants carrying a phiC31 expression cassette. Some of the hybrids displayed fully executed recombination. Excision of the GFP gene fostered activation of the gusA gene, as visualized in tissue of hybrid plants by histochemical staining. The recombinant loci were detected in progeny of selfed F(1), even in individuals lacking the phiC31 transgene, which provides evidence of stability and generative transmission of the recombination events. In several plants that displayed incomplete recombination, extrachromosomal excision circles were identified. Besides the technical advance achieved in this study, the generated phiC31 integrase-expressing barley plants provide foundational stock material for use in future approaches to barley genetic improvement, such as the production of marker-free transgenic plants or switching transgene activity.
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- Eszter Kapusi
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Gatersleben, Germany
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Cerovska N, Hoffmeisterova H, Moravec T, Plchova H, Folwarczna J, Synkova H, Ryslava H, Ludvikova V, Smahel M. Transient expression of Human papillomavirus type 16 L2 epitope fused to N- and C-terminus of coat protein of Potato virus X in plants. J Biosci 2012; 37:125-33. [PMID: 22357210 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-011-9177-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Transient expression of foreign genes based on plant viral vectors is a suitable system for the production of relevant immunogens that can be used for the development of a new generation of vaccines against a variety of infectious diseases. In the present study the epitope derived from HPV-16 L2 minor capsid protein (amino acids 108-120) was expressed from Potato virus X (PVX)-based vector pGR106 as N- or C-terminal fusion with the PVX coat protein (PVX CP) in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants. The fusion protein L2 108-120-PVX CP was successfully expressed in plants at a level of 170 mg/kg of fresh leaf tissue. The C-terminal fusion protein PVX CP- L2 108-120 was expressed using mutated vector sequence to avoid homologous recombination at a level of 8 mg/kg of fresh leaf tissue. Immunogenicity of L2 108-120-PVX CP virus-like particles was tested after immunization of mice by subcutaneous injection or tattoo administration. In animal sera the antibodies against the PVX CP and the L2 108-120 epitope were found after both methods of vaccine delivery.
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- Noemi Cerovska
- Institute of Experimental Botany, v. v. i., Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Na Karlovce 1a, 16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Sainsbury F, Saxena P, Geisler K, Osbourn A, Lomonossoff GP. Using a virus-derived system to manipulate plant natural product biosynthetic pathways. Methods Enzymol 2012; 517:185-202. [PMID: 23084939 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-404634-4.00009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A series of vectors (the pEAQ series) based on cowpea mosaic virus has been developed which allows the rapid transient expression of high levels of foreign protein in plants without the need for viral replication. The plasmids are small binary vectors, which are introduced into plant leaves by agroinfiltration. They are modular in design and allow the insertion of multiple coding sequences on the same segment of T-DNA. These properties make the pEAQ vectors particularly suitable for use in situations, such as the investigation and manipulation of metabolic pathways, where the coexpression of multiple proteins within a cell is required.
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- Frank Sainsbury
- Département de Phytologie, Pavillon des Services, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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Bhoo SH, Lai H, Ma J, Arntzen CJ, Chen Q, Mason HS. Expression of an immunogenic Ebola immune complex in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2011; 9:807-16. [PMID: 21281425 PMCID: PMC4022790 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg viruses) cause severe and often fatal haemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. The US Centers for Disease Control identifies Ebola and Marburg viruses as 'category A' pathogens (defined as posing a risk to national security as bioterrorism agents), which has lead to a search for vaccines that could prevent the disease. Because the use of such vaccines would be in the service of public health, the cost of production is an important component of their development. The use of plant biotechnology is one possible way to cost-effectively produce subunit vaccines. In this work, a geminiviral replicon system was used to produce an Ebola immune complex (EIC) in Nicotiana benthamiana. Ebola glycoprotein (GP1) was fused at the C-terminus of the heavy chain of humanized 6D8 IgG monoclonal antibody, which specifically binds to a linear epitope on GP1. Co-expression of the GP1-heavy chain fusion and the 6D8 light chain using a geminiviral vector in leaves of N. benthamiana produced assembled immunoglobulin, which was purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation and protein G affinity chromatography. Immune complex formation was confirmed by assays to show that the recombinant protein bound the complement factor C1q. Size measurements of purified recombinant protein by dynamic light scattering and size-exclusion chromatography also indicated complex formation. Subcutaneous immunization of BALB/C mice with purified EIC resulted in anti-Ebola virus antibody production at levels comparable to those obtained with a GP1 virus-like particle. These results show excellent potential for a plant-expressed EIC as a human vaccine.
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- Seong Hee Bhoo
- Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, USA
- Graduate School of Biotechnology and Plant Metabolism Research Center Kyung Hee University, Yong-In 446-701, Korea
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- Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, USA
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
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- Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, USA
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- Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, USA
- College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA
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- Biodesign Institute and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501, USA
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Noris E, Poli A, Cojoca R, Rittà M, Cavallo F, Vaglio S, Matic S, Landolfo S. A human papillomavirus 8 E7 protein produced in plants is able to trigger the mouse immune system and delay the development of skin lesions. Arch Virol 2011; 156:587-95. [PMID: 21234770 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0893-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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We investigated the potential of Nicotiana benthamiana to express the E7 protein of human papillomavirus 8 (HPV-8), a paradigm genotype among cutaneous HPVs. The protein, modified in its putative pRb-binding domain (E7(QGD)), was transiently expressed in leaves following infiltration with agrobacteria carrying either a binary vector combined with silencing suppressor constructs or replicating tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-based vectors with different targeting signals. HPV-8 E7(QGD) yields ranged from 250 ng to 4.6 mg per gram of fresh leaf tissue. The highest yields were obtained with TMV-based vectors targeting the antigen to the apoplast. HPV8-CER (H2(q)) mice transformed with the complete early region of HPV-8 showed a delay in the onset of skin papillomatous lesions and produced E7-specific immunoglobulins G when inoculated subcutaneously with leaf extracts expressing E7(QGD). Furthermore, we demonstrated that the plant-made HPV-8 E7(QGD) induced a specific cytotoxic response in C57BL/6 (H2(b)) mice.
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- Emanuela Noris
- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Strada delle Cacce 73, Turin, Italy.
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Komarova TV, Kosorukov VS, Frolova OY, Petrunia IV, Skrypnik KA, Gleba YY, Dorokhov YL. Plant-made trastuzumab (herceptin) inhibits HER2/Neu+ cell proliferation and retards tumor growth. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17541. [PMID: 21390232 PMCID: PMC3048398 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Plant biotechnology provides a valuable contribution to global health, in part because it can decrease the cost of pharmaceutical products. Breast cancer can now be successfully treated by a humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb), trastuzumab (Herceptin). A course of treatment, however, is expensive and requires repeated administrations of the mAb. Here we used an Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression system to produce trastuzumab in plant cells. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We describe the cloning and expression of gene constructs in Nicotiana benthamiana plants using intron-optimized Tobacco mosaic virus- and Potato virus X-based vectors encoding, respectively, the heavy and light chains of trastuzumab. Full-size antibodies extracted and purified from plant tissues were tested for functionality and specificity by (i) binding to HER2/neu on the surface of a human mammary gland adenocarcinoma cell line, SK-BR-3, in fluorescence-activated cell sorting assay and (ii) testing the in vitro and in vivo inhibition of HER-2-expressing cancer cell proliferation. We show that plant-made trastuzumab (PMT) bound to the Her2/neu oncoprotein of SK-BR-3 cells and efficiently inhibited SK-BR-3 cell proliferation. Furthermore, mouse intraperitoneal PMT administration retarded the growth of xenografted tumors derived from human ovarian cancer SKOV3 Her2+ cells. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE We conclude that PMT is active in suppression of cell proliferation and tumor growth.
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- Tatiana V. Komarova
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Nomad Bioscience GmbH, Biozentrum Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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Liu Z, Kearney CM. An efficient Foxtail mosaic virus vector system with reduced environmental risk. BMC Biotechnol 2010; 10:88. [PMID: 21162736 PMCID: PMC3022558 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-10-88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plant viral vectors offer high-yield expression of pharmaceutical and commercially important proteins with a minimum of cost and preparation time. The use of Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been introduced to deliver the viral vector as a transgene to each plant cell via a simple, nonsterile infiltration technique called "agroinoculation". With agroinoculation, a full length, systemically moving virus is no longer necessary for excellent protein yield, since the viral transgene is transcribed and replicates in every infiltrated cell. Viral genes may therefore be deleted to decrease the potential for accidental spread and persistence of the viral vector in the environment. RESULTS In this study, both the coat protein (CP) and triple gene block (TGB) genetic segments were eliminated from Foxtail mosaic virus to create the "FECT" vector series, comprising a deletion of 29% of the genome. This viral vector is highly crippled and expresses little or no marker gene within the inoculated leaf. However, when co-agroinoculated with a silencing suppressor (p19 or HcPro), FECT expressed GFP at 40% total soluble protein in the tobacco host, Nicotiana benthamiana. The modified FoMV vector retained the full-length replicase ORF, the TGB1 subgenomic RNA leader sequence and either 0, 22 or 40 bases of TGB1 ORF (in vectors FECT0, FECT22 and FECT40, respectively). As well as N. benthamiana, infection of legumes was demonstrated. Despite many attempts, expression of GFP via syringe agroinoculation of various grass species was very low, reflecting the low Agrobacterium-mediated transformation rate of monocots. CONCLUSIONS The FECT/40 vector expresses foreign genes at a very high level, and yet has a greatly reduced biohazard potential. It can form no virions and can effectively replicate only in a plant with suppressed silencing.
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- Zun Liu
- Department of Biology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #7388, Waco, TX, 76798 USA
- Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 USA
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Davies HM. Review article: commercialization of whole-plant systems for biomanufacturing of protein products: evolution and prospects. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2010; 8:845-861. [PMID: 20731788 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Technology for enabling plants to biomanufacture nonnative proteins in commercially significant quantities has been available for just over 20 years. During that time, the agricultural world has witnessed rapid commercialization and widespread adoption of transgenic crops enhanced for agronomic performance (herbicide-tolerance, insect-resistance), while plant-made pharmaceuticals (PMPs) and plant-made industrial products (PMIPs) have been limited to experimental and small-scale commercial production. This difference in the rate of commercial implementation likely reflects the very different business-development challenges associated with 'product' technologies compared with 'enabling' ('platform') technologies. However, considerable progress has been made in advancing and refining plant-based production of proteins, both technologically and in regard to identifying optimal business prospects. This review summarizes these developments, contrasting today's technologies and prospective applications with those of the industry's formative years, and suggesting how the PM(I)P industry's evolution has generated a very positive outlook for the 'plant-made' paradigm.
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- H Maelor Davies
- Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, and Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
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Giersberg M, Floss DM, Kipriyanov S, Conrad U, Scheller J. Covalent dimerization of camelidae anti-human TNF-alpha single domain antibodies by the constant kappa light chain domain improves neutralizing activity. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 106:161-6. [PMID: 20047190 DOI: 10.1002/bit.22653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) plays an important role in a number of chronic inflammatory disorders. Monoclonal camelidae variable heavy chain domain-only antibodies (V(H)H) have been developed to antagonize the action of human TNFalpha (anti-TNF-V(H)H). Here we describe a strategy to obtain functional dimeric anti-TNF-V(H)H molecules, based on the C-terminal fusion of a kappa light chain domain to the anti-TNF-V(H)H. The resulting fusion protein was transiently expressed by use of viral vectors in Nicotiana benthamiana((Nb)) leaves and purified. Competitive ELISA and cell cytotoxicity assays revealed that the dimerized anti-(Nb)TNF-V(H)H(Ckappa) proteins blocked TNFalpha-activity more effectively than either the monomeric Escherichia coli((Ec)) produced anti-(Ec)TNF-V(H)H or the monomeric anti-(Nb)TNF-V(H)H(Ckappa). We suggest that enhanced inhibition shown by dimeric anti-(Nb)TNF-V(H)H(Ckappa) proteins is achieved by an increase in avidity.
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- Martin Giersberg
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Phytoantibodies, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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He C, Tian Y, Saedler R, Efremova N, Riss S, Khan MR, Yephremov A, Saedler H. The MADS-domain protein MPF1 of Physalis floridana controls plant architecture, seed development and flowering time. PLANTA 2010; 231:767-77. [PMID: 20033229 PMCID: PMC2806528 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-009-1087-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 12/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Floral and vegetative development of plants is dependent on the combinatorial action of MADS-domain transcription factors. Members of the STMADS11 subclade, such as MPF1 of Physalis, are abundantly expressed in leaves as well as in floral organs, but their function is not yet clear. Our studies with transgenic Arabidopsis that over-express MPF1 suggest that MPF1 interacts with SOC1 to determine flowering time. However, MPF1 RNAi-mediated knockdown Physalis plants revealed a complex phenotype with changes in flowering time, plant architecture and seed size. Flowering of these plants was delayed by about 20% as compared to wild type. Expression of PFLFY is upregulated in the MPF1 RNAi lines, while PFFT and MPF3 genes are strongly repressed. MPF1 interacts with a subset of MADS-domain factors, namely with PFSOC1 in planta, and with PFSEP3 and PFFUL in yeast, supporting a regulatory role for this protein in flowering. The average size of seeds produced by the transgenic MPF1 RNAi plants is increased almost twofold. The height of these plants is also increased about twofold, but most axillary buds are stunted when compared to controls. Taken together, this suggests that members of the STMADS11 subclade act as positive regulators of flowering but have diverse functions in plant growth.
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- Chaoying He
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Nanxincun 20, 100093 Beijing, China.
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Zimmermann J, Saalbach I, Jahn D, Giersberg M, Haehnel S, Wedel J, Macek J, Zoufal K, Glünder G, Falkenburg D, Kipriyanov SM. Antibody expressing pea seeds as fodder for prevention of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in chickens. BMC Biotechnol 2009; 9:79. [PMID: 19747368 PMCID: PMC2755478 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-9-79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Coccidiosis caused by protozoans of genus Eimeria is a chicken parasitic disease of great economical importance. Conventional disease control strategies depend on vaccination and prophylactic use of anticoccidial drugs. Alternative solution to prevent and treat coccidiosis could be provided by passive immunization using orally delivered neutralizing antibodies. We investigated the possibility to mitigate the parasitic infection by feeding poultry with antibody expressing transgenic crop seeds. RESULTS Using the phage display antibody library, we generated a panel of anti-Eimeria scFv antibody fragments with high sporozoite-neutralizing activity. These antibodies were expressed either transiently in agrobacteria-infiltrated tobacco leaves or stably in seeds of transgenic pea plants. Comparison of the scFv antibodies purified either from tobacco leaves or from the pea seeds demonstrated no difference in their antigen-binding activity and molecular form compositions. Force-feeding experiments demonstrated that oral delivery of flour prepared from the transgenic pea seeds had higher parasite neutralizing activity in vivo than the purified antibody fragments isolated from tobacco. The pea seed content was found to protect antibodies against degradation by gastrointestinal proteases (>100-fold gain in stability). Ad libitum feeding of chickens demonstrated that the transgenic seeds were well consumed and not shunned. Furthermore, feeding poultry with shred prepared from the antibody expressing pea seeds led to significant mitigation of infection caused both by high and low challenge doses of Eimeria oocysts. CONCLUSION The results suggest that our strategy offers a general approach to control parasitic infections in production animals using cost-effective antibody expression in crop seeds affordable for the animal health market.
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- Jana Zimmermann
- Novoplant GmbH, Am Schwabeplan 1b, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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Konopka-Postupolska D, Clark G, Goch G, Debski J, Floras K, Cantero A, Fijolek B, Roux S, Hennig J. The role of annexin 1 in drought stress in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 150:1394-410. [PMID: 19482919 PMCID: PMC2705051 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.135228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Annexins act as targets of calcium signals in eukaryotic cells, and recent results suggest that they play an important role in plant stress responses. We found that in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), AnnAt1 (for annexin 1) mRNA levels were up-regulated in leaves by most of the stress treatments applied. Plants overexpressing AnnAt1 protein were more drought tolerant and knockout plants were more drought sensitive than ecotype Columbia plants. We also observed that hydrogen peroxide accumulation in guard cells was reduced in overexpressing plants and increased in knockout plants both before and after treatment with abscisic acid. Oxidative protection resulting from AnnAt1 overexpression could be due to the low level of intrinsic peroxidase activity exhibited by this protein in vitro, previously linked to a conserved histidine residue found in a peroxidase-like motif. However, analyses of a mutant H40A AnnAt1 protein in a bacterial complementation test and in peroxidase activity assays indicate that this residue is not critical to the ability of AnnAt1 to confer oxidative protection. To further examine the mechanism(s) linking AnnAt1 expression to stress resistance, we analyzed the reactive S3 cluster to determine if it plays a role in AnnAt1 oligomerization and/or is the site for posttranslational modification. We found that the two cysteine residues in this cluster do not form intramolecular or intermolecular bonds but are highly susceptible to oxidation-driven S-glutathionylation, which decreases the Ca(2+) affinity of AnnAt1 in vitro. Moreover, S-glutathionylation of AnnAt1 occurs in planta after abscisic acid treatment, which suggests that this modification could be important in regulating the cellular function of AnnAt1 during stress responses.
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Oey M, Lohse M, Scharff LB, Kreikemeyer B, Bock R. Plastid production of protein antibiotics against pneumonia via a new strategy for high-level expression of antimicrobial proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:6579-84. [PMID: 19332784 PMCID: PMC2662961 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813146106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plastid transformation has become an attractive tool in biotechnology. Because of the prokaryotic nature of the plastid's gene expression machinery, expression elements (promoters and untranslated regions) that trigger high-level foreign protein accumulation in plastids usually also confer high expression in bacterial cloning hosts. This can cause problems, for example, when production of antimicrobial compounds is attempted. Their bactericidal activity can make the cloning of the corresponding genes in plastid transformation vectors impossible. Here, we report a general solution to this problem. We have designed a strategy (referred to as toxin shuttle) that allows the expression in plastids of proteins that are toxic to Escherichia coli. The strategy is based on blocking transcription in E. coli by bacterial transcription terminators upstream of the gene of interest, which subsequently are excised in planta by site-specific recombination. We demonstrate the applicability of the strategy by the high-level expression in plastids (to up to 30% of the plant's total soluble protein) of 2 phage-derived protein antibiotics that are toxic to E. coli. We also show that the plastid-produced antibiotics efficiently kill pathogenic strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, the causative agent of pneumonia, thus providing a promising strategy for the production of next-generation antibiotics in plants.
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- Melanie Oey
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; and
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; and
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; and
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Hospital of Rostock University, Schillingallee 70, D-18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; and
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Preparation of immunogens and production of antibodies. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2009; 508:37-50. [PMID: 19301745 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-062-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The quality of reagents greatly affects the interpretation of serological tests. Methods used in conventional viral purification and molecular cloning and expression of target viral proteins to obtain antigens for immunization are presented. Immunization of rabbits, mice and chickens and isolation of immunoglobulin from immunized animals also are described.
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Farrokhi N, Hrmova M, Burton RA, Fincher GB. Heterologous and cell free protein expression systems. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 513:175-198. [PMID: 19347659 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-427-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In recognition of the fact that a relatively small percentage of 'named' genes in databases have any experimental proof for their annotation, attention is shifting towards the more accurate assignment of functions to individual genes in a genome. The central objective will be to reduce our reliance on nucleotide or amino acid sequence similarities as a means to define the functions of genes and to annotate genome sequences. There are many unsolved technical difficulties associated with the purification of specific proteins from extracts of biological material, especially where the protein is present in low abundance, has multiple isoforms or is found in multiple post-translationally modified forms. The relative ease with which cDNAs can be cloned has led to the development of methods through which cDNAs from essentially any source can be expressed in a limited range of suitable host organisms, so that sufficient levels of the encoded proteins can be generated for functional analysis. Recently, these heterologous expression systems have been supplemented by more robust prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell-free protein synthesis systems. In this chapter, common host systems for heterologous expression are reviewed and the current status of cell-free expression systems will be presented. New approaches to overcoming the special problems encountered during the expression of membrane-associated proteins will also be addressed. Methodological considerations, including the characteristics of codon usage in the expressed DNA, peptide tags that facilitate subsequent purification of the expressed proteins and the role of post-translational modifications, are examined.
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- Naser Farrokhi
- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
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Transient expression in plants is a valuable tool for many aspects of functional genomics and promoter testing. It can be used both to over-express and to silence candidate genes. It is also scaleable and provides a viable alternative to microbial fermentation and animal cell culture for the production of recombinant proteins. It does not depend on chromosomal integration of heterologous DNA so is a relatively facile procedure and can lead to high levels of transgene expression. Recombinant DNA can be introduced into plant cells via physical methods, via Agrobacterium or via viral vectors.
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- Huw D Jones
- CPI Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
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Ayala M, Gavilondo J, Rodríguez M, Fuentes A, Enríquez G, Pérez L, Cremata J, Pujol M. Production of plantibodies in Nicotiana plants. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 483:103-34. [PMID: 19183896 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-407-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Because of the wide use and high demand in medicine, monoclonal antibodies are among the main recombinant pharmaceuticals at present, although present limitations of the productive platforms for monoclonal antibodies are driving the improvement of the large-scale technologies and the development of alternative expression systems. This has drawn the attention on plants as expression system for monoclonal antibodies and related derivatives, owning the capacity of plants to properly express and process eukaryotic proteins with biological activity resembling that of the natural proteins. In this chapter, the procedures from the isolation of the monoclonal antibody genes to the biochemical and biological characterization of the plant-expressed monoclonal antibody are described.
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- Marta Ayala
- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba
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Sainsbury F, Liu L, Lomonossoff GP. Cowpea mosaic virus-based systems for the expression of antigens and antibodies in plants. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 483:25-39. [PMID: 19183891 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-407-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This chapter describes the use of Cowpea mosaic virus-based vectors for the production of foreign proteins such as antigens and antibodies in plants. The systems include vectors based on both full-length and deleted versions of RNA-2. In both cases, the modified RNA-2 is replicated by coinoculation with RNA-1. The constructs based on full-length RNA-2 retain the ability to spread systemically throughout an inoculated plant and the infection can be passaged. The vector based on a deleted version of RNA-2 can stably incorporate larger inserts but lacks the ability to move systemically. However, it has the added advantage of biocontainment. In both cases, vector constructs modified to contain a foreign gene of interest can be delivered by agroinfiltration to obtain transient expression of the foreign protein. If required, the same constructs can also be used for stable nuclear transformation. Both types of vector have proved effective for the production in plants of a diverse range of proteins including antigens and antibodies.
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- Frank Sainsbury
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich, UK
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Seo JK, Lee HG, Kim KH. Systemic gene delivery into soybean by simple rub-inoculation with plasmid DNA of a Soybean mosaic virus-based vector. Arch Virol 2008; 154:87-99. [PMID: 19096905 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0286-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Plant virus-based vectors provide attractive and valuable tools for conventional transgenic technology and gene function studies in plants. In the present study, we established the infectivity of intact plasmid DNA of Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) cDNA upon simple rub-inoculation of soybean leaves by utilizing viral transcription and processing signals to produce infectious in vivo transcripts. Furthermore, we engineered this SMV cDNA clone as a gene delivery vector for systemic expression of foreign proteins in soybean. Using this SMV-based vector, several genes with different biological activities were successfully expressed and stably maintained following serial plant passage in soybean. Thus, DNA-mediated gene delivery using this SMV-based vector provides a rapid and cost-effective approach for the overproduction of valuable proteins and for the evaluation of new traits in soybean after simple rub-inoculation onto leaves.
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- Jang-Kyun Seo
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Rubtsova M, Kempe K, Gils A, Ismagul A, Weyen J, Gils M. Expression of active Streptomyces phage phiC31 integrase in transgenic wheat plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2008; 27:1821-1831. [PMID: 18797873 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0604-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2008] [Revised: 07/05/2008] [Accepted: 08/24/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Site-specific recombination systems are becoming an important tool for the genetic modification of crop plants. Here we report the functional expression of the Streptomyces phage-derived phiC31 recombinase (integrase) in wheat. T-DNA constructs containing a phiC31 integrase transgene were stably transformed into wheat plants via particle gun bombardment. A plant-virus-based assay system was used to monitor the site-specific recombination activity of the recombinant integrase protein in vivo. We established several independent doubled haploid (DH) inbred lines that constitutively express an active integrase enzyme without any apparent detrimental effects on plant growth and development. The potential of phiC31 integrase expression in crop plants related to transgene control technologies or hybrid breeding systems is discussed.
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- Myroslava Rubtsova
- Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) Gatersleben, Gatersleben, Germany
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Schmidt G, Gadermaier G, Pertl H, Siegert M, Oksman-Caldentey KM, Ritala A, Himly M, Obermeyer G, Ferreira F. Production of recombinant allergens in plants. PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS : PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHYTOCHEMICAL SOCIETY OF EUROPE 2008; 7:539-552. [PMID: 21258627 PMCID: PMC3024541 DOI: 10.1007/s11101-008-9099-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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A large percentage of allergenic proteins are of plant origin. Hence, plant-based expression systems are considered ideal for the recombinant production of certain allergens. First attempts to establish production of plant-derived allergens in plants focused on transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana infected with recombinant viral vectors. Accordingly, allergens from birch and mugwort pollen, as well as from apple have been expressed in plants. Production of house dust mite allergens has been achieved by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of tobacco plants. Beside the use of plants as production systems, other approaches have focused on the development of edible vaccines expressing allergens or epitopes thereof, which bypasses the need of allergen purification. The potential of this approach has been convincingly demonstrated for transgenic rice seeds expressing seven dominant human T cell epitopes derived from Japanese cedar pollen allergens. Parallel to efforts in developing recombinant-based diagnostic and therapeutic reagents, different gene-silencing approaches have been used to decrease the expression of allergenic proteins in allergen sources. In this way hypoallergenic ryegrass, soybean, rice, apple, and tomato were developed.
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- Georg Schmidt
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Allergy Diagnosis and Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Sandoval C, Pogany J, Bujarski J, Romero J. Use of a defective RNA of broad bean mottle bromovirus for stable gene expression in legumes. Arch Virol 2008; 153:1755-8. [PMID: 18679766 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0174-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 07/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A viral vector that expressed foreign genes was engineered using a cDNA clone of broad bean mottle bromovirus (BBMV) defective interfering (DI) RNA. The expression vector required an active ORF to ensure efficient accumulation and replication in the host plants. After mechanical inoculation with BBMV RNAs, expression of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter was driven by DI RNA constructs during consecutive passages through broad bean plants. Our data prove that BBMV DI RNAs, whose yield is similar to the virus genomic components, are useful as gene vectors after mechanical inoculation on legume plants.
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- C Sandoval
- Departamento de Protección Vegetal, INIA, Carretera de la Coruña km. 7.0, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Meyers A, Chakauya E, Shephard E, Tanzer FL, Maclean J, Lynch A, Williamson AL, Rybicki EP. Expression of HIV-1 antigens in plants as potential subunit vaccines. BMC Biotechnol 2008; 8:53. [PMID: 18573204 PMCID: PMC2443125 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2007] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has infected more than 40 million people worldwide, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. The high prevalence of HIV-1 subtype C in southern Africa necessitates the development of cheap, effective vaccines. One means of production is the use of plants, for which a number of different techniques have been successfully developed. HIV-1 Pr55Gag is a promising HIV-1 vaccine candidate: we compared the expression of this and a truncated Gag (p17/p24) and the p24 capsid subunit in Nicotiana spp. using transgenic plants and transient expression via Agrobacterium tumefaciens and recombinant tobamovirus vectors. We also investigated the influence of subcellular localisation of recombinant protein to the chloroplast and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) on protein yield. We partially purified a selected vaccine candidate and tested its stimulation of a humoral and cellular immune response in mice. RESULTS Both transient and transgenic expression of the HIV antigens were successful, although expression of Pr55Gag was low in all systems; however, the Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression of p24 and p17/p24 yielded best, to more than 1 mg p24/kg fresh weight. Chloroplast targeted protein levels were highest in transient and transgenic expression of p24 and p17/p24. The transiently-expressed p17/p24 was not immunogenic in mice as a homologous vaccine, but it significantly boosted a humoral and T cell immune response primed by a gag DNA vaccine, pTHGagC. CONCLUSION Transient agroinfiltration was best for expression of all of the recombinant proteins tested, and p24 and p17/p24 were expressed at much higher levels than Pr55Gag. Our results highlight the usefulness of plastid signal peptides in enhancing the production of recombinant proteins meant for use as vaccines. The p17/p24 protein effectively boosted T cell and humoral responses in mice primed by the DNA vaccine pTHGagC, showing that this plant-produced protein has potential for use as a vaccine.
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MESH Headings
- AIDS Vaccines/biosynthesis
- AIDS Vaccines/genetics
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/genetics
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens/genetics
- Animals
- Chloroplasts/genetics
- Chloroplasts/metabolism
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/genetics
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, gag
- Genetic Vectors
- HIV Antigens/biosynthesis
- HIV Antigens/genetics
- HIV Antigens/immunology
- HIV Infections/immunology
- HIV Seronegativity
- HIV-1/genetics
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Tobamovirus/genetics
- Transformation, Genetic
- Vaccines, Subunit/biosynthesis
- Vaccines, Subunit/genetics
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/biosynthesis
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/genetics
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- Ann Meyers
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, P. Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, P. Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
- CSIR Biosciences, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- MRC/UCT Liver Research Centre, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, P. Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, P. Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, P. Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, P. Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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Peretz Y, Mozes-Koch R, Akad F, Tanne E, Czosnek H, Sela I. A universal expression/silencing vector in plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 145:1251-63. [PMID: 17905866 PMCID: PMC2151717 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.108217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A universal vector (IL-60 and auxiliary constructs), expressing or silencing genes in every plant tested to date, is described. Plants that have been successfully manipulated by the IL-60 system include hard-to-manipulate species such as wheat (Triticum duram), pepper (Capsicum annuum), grapevine (Vitis vinifera), citrus, and olive (Olea europaea). Expression or silencing develops within a few days in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), wheat, and most herbaceous plants and in up to 3 weeks in woody trees. Expression, as tested in tomato, is durable and persists throughout the life span of the plant. The vector is, in fact, a disarmed form of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, which is applied as a double-stranded DNA and replicates as such. However, the disarmed virus does not support rolling-circle replication, and therefore viral progeny single-stranded DNA is not produced. IL-60 does not integrate into the plant's genome, and the construct, including the expressed gene, is not heritable. IL-60 is not transmitted by the Tomato yellow leaf curl virus's natural insect vector. In addition, artificial satellites were constructed that require a helper virus for replication, movement, and expression. With IL-60 as the disarmed helper "virus," transactivation occurs, resulting in an inducible expressing/silencing system. The system's potential is demonstrated by IL-60-derived suppression of a viral-silencing suppressor of Grapevine virus A, resulting in Grapevine virus A-resistant/tolerant plants.
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- Yuval Peretz
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Institute for Plant Sciences and Genetics, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Lindbo JA. TRBO: a high-efficiency tobacco mosaic virus RNA-based overexpression vector. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 145:1232-40. [PMID: 17720752 PMCID: PMC2151719 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.106377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Transient expression is a rapid, useful approach for producing proteins of interest in plants. Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-based transient expression vectors can express very high levels of foreign proteins in plants. However, TMV vectors are, in general, not efficiently delivered to plant cells by agroinfection. It was determined that agroinfection was very efficient with a 35S promoter-driven TMV replicon that lacked the TMV coat protein gene sequence. This coat protein deletion vector had several useful features as a transient expression system, including improved ease of use, higher protein expression rates, and improved biocontainment. Using this TMV expression vector, some foreign proteins were expressed at levels of 3 to 5 mg/g fresh weight of plant tissue. It is proposed that this new transient expression vector will be a useful tool for expressing recombinant proteins in plants for either research or production purposes.
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- John A Lindbo
- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA.
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Valentine TA, Randall E, Wypijewski K, Chapman S, Jones J, Oparka KJ. Delivery of macromolecules to plant parasitic nematodes using a tobacco rattle virus vector. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2007; 5:827-34. [PMID: 17764517 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plant parasitic nematodes cause significant damage to crops on a worldwide scale. These nematodes are often soil dwelling but rely on plants for food and to sustain them during reproduction. Complex interactions occur between plants and nematodes during the nematode life cycle with plant roots developing specialized feeding structures through which nematodes withdraw nutrients. Here we describe a novel method for delivering macromolecules to feeding nematodes using a virus-based vector [tobacco rattle virus (TRV)]. We show that the parasitic nematode Heterodera schachtii will ingest fluorescent proteins transiently expressed in plant roots infected with a TRV construct carrying the appropriate protein sequence. A prerequisite for this delivery is the presence of replicating virus in root tips prior to the formation of nematode-induced syncytia. We show also that TRV vectors expressing nematode gene sequences can be used to induce RNAi in the feeding nematodes.
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- Tracy A Valentine
- Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, Scotland DD2 5DA, UK.
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Lacorte C, Lohuis H, Goldbach R, Prins M. Assessing the expression of chicken anemia virus proteins in plants. Virus Res 2007; 129:80-6. [PMID: 17698236 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2006] [Revised: 06/24/2007] [Accepted: 06/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chicken anemia virus (CAV) is an important pathogen of chicken worldwide, causing severe anemia and immunodeficiency. Its small single-stranded DNA genome (2.3kb) encodes three proteins: VP1, the only structural protein, VP2, a protein phosphatase, and VP3, also known as apoptin, which induces apoptosis. In this study, CAV proteins were expressed in plants as an alternative for recombinant protein production in animal cells. Additionally, the effect of VP3 expression was tested to evaluate possible involvement in programmed cell death in plants. The CAV genes were cloned in binary vectors with the Green fluorescent protein (GFP) as N terminal fusion, and into a Potato virus X (PVX) and Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)-based vectors. Nicotiana benthamiana plants were inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens containing the binary vector constructs or the PVX and TMV constructs. Upon transient expression GFP:VP1 and GFP:VP2 were observed throughout the nucleoplasm, whereas VP3 formed compact aggregates within the nucleus, indicating functional nuclear localization signals in all three proteins. An intense fluorescence was observed for VP2 and VP3 fusions, whereas GFP:VP1 fluorescence remained faint and was only detected in a limited number of cells. Co-expression of GFP:VP1 and VP2 had a marked alteration on the distribution of GFP:VP1, forming large VP1 aggregates throughout the nucleus, indicating an interaction of the two CAV proteins. No visible alteration on GFP pattern was detected upon co-expression of GFP:VP1 and VP3, or with GFP:VP2 and VP3. Plants infected with PVX or TMV-based vectors expressing VP3 displayed strong necrosis and wilting, however, a direct association with VP3 expression and programmed cell death in plants, could not be established. Overall, our results show that all CAV proteins can be expressed in plant cells, though expression level of VP1 needs to be further optimized before testing its potential as (edible) subunit vaccine.
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- Cristiano Lacorte
- Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 11, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Cerovská N, Hoffmeisterová H, Pecenková T, Moravec T, Synková H, Plchová H, Velemínský J. Transient expression of HPV16 E7 peptide (aa 44-60) and HPV16 L2 peptide (aa 108-120) on chimeric potyvirus-like particles using Potato virus X-based vector. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 58:154-61. [PMID: 17980618 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2007] [Revised: 08/31/2007] [Accepted: 09/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The optimized expression of recombinant Potato virus A coat protein (ACP) carrying two different epitopes from Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) was developed. Epitope derived from minor capsid protein L2 was expressed as N-terminal fusion with ACP while an epitope derived from E7 oncoprotein was fused to its C-terminus. The construct was cloned into Potato X potexvirus (PVX) based vector and transiently expressed in plants using Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated inoculation. To increase the level of expressed protein the transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants expressing Potato virus A HC-Pro gene and transgenic Nicotiana tabacum, cv. Petit Havana SR1 carrying Potato virus A P3 protein gene were tested. Synergistic infection of host plants with PVX carrying the construct and Potato virus Y(O) (PVY(O)) increased the expression of L2ACPE7 in N. tabacum and in transgenic N. benthamiana carrying potyviral HC-Pro gene as compared to control plants infected with L2ACPE7 only.
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- Noemi Cerovská
- Institute of Experimental Botany v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Karlovce 1a, CZ-160 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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Shadwick FS, Doran PM. Infection, propagation, distribution and stability of plant virus in hairy root cultures. J Biotechnol 2007; 131:318-29. [PMID: 17767969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.07.722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2006] [Revised: 07/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nicotiana benthamiana hairy root cultures were infected with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and used for in vitro plant virus propagation. The roots were infected with TMV by addition of virus to the medium at the same time as root inoculation. Viral accumulation in the biomass was 7-11-fold greater when the initial infection was carried out in B5 medium rather than sodium phosphate buffer; virus accumulation also increased with increasing viral inoculum concentration. The amount of TMV accumulated in the biomass was similar when virus was retained in the medium for the duration of the cultures and when the inoculum virus was removed 23h after addition to the roots. In roots with established infections, the concentration of virus remained relatively constant and did not increase with further root growth. The distribution of virus within individual root mats harvested from shake flasks was not uniform; there was also significant variability in viral accumulation between replicate hairy root cultures. The picture that emerges from this work is that in vitro viral accumulation in hairy root cultures depends strongly on the viral inoculum concentration applied and the initial level of primary infection achieved, even though primary infection by external virus occurs mainly within only the first few hours of exposure to the biomass and is followed by substantial secondary infection by viral progeny within the root tissue.
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- Fiona S Shadwick
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
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Gleba Y, Klimyuk V, Marillonnet S. Viral vectors for the expression of proteins in plants. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2007; 18:134-41. [PMID: 17368018 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2007] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/05/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The use of plant viral vectors for the transient expression of heterologous proteins offers a useful tool for the large-scale production of proteins of industrial importance, such as antibodies and vaccine antigens. In recent years, advances have been made both in the development of first-generation vectors (that employ the 'full virus') and second-generation ('deconstructed virus') vectors. For example, vectors based around the 'full virus' strategy can now be used to express long polypeptides (at least 140 amino acids long) as fusions to the coat protein. In addition, a new generation of vectors was engineered to have a reactogenic amino acid exposed on the surface of the virus, allowing easy chemical conjugation of (separately produced) proteins to the viral surface. This approach is being used to develop new vaccines in the form of antigens coupled to a plant viral surface. Prototypes of industrial processes that require high-yield production, rapid scale-up, and fast manufacturing have been recently developed using the 'deconstructed virus' approach (magnifection). This process, which relies on Agrobacterium as a vector to deliver DNA copies of one or more viral RNA replicons to plant cells, has been shown to work with numerous proteins, including full immunoglobulin G antibodies. Other advances in this area have looked at the development of inducible viral systems and the use of viral vectors to produce nanoscale materials for modular assembly.
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- Yuri Gleba
- Biozentrum Halle, Weinbergweg 22, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Shadwick FS, Doran PM. Propagation of plant viruses in hairy root cultures: a potential method for in vitro production of epitope vaccines and foreign proteins. Biotechnol Bioeng 2007; 96:570-83. [PMID: 16900508 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hairy roots were used as an in vitro culture system for the propagation of wild-type and transgenic plant viruses. Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was added to the liquid culture medium at the same time as root inoculation. Hairy root growth was unaffected by viral infection. Maximum concentrations of TMV in Nicotiana benthamiana hairy roots were 1-2 orders of magnitude greater than in suspended N. benthamiana cells and reached levels of 1-2 mg g(-1) dry weight or 20-28% total soluble protein. Virus accumulated in the roots initially with a constant doubling time of about 1.0 day; subsequent reductions in viral growth rate were correlated with a significant decline in infectivity relative to the inoculum virus. The morphological integrity of the viral particles was maintained during propagation in hairy roots. The contribution to the overall viral titer of passive association of virus with the biomass, for example, by surface adsorption, was negligible compared with active viral replication. N. benthamiana hairy roots were also infected with a TMV-based viral vector developed to express green fluorescent protein (GFP). This vector was about 260-fold less infectious than wild-type TMV and accumulated much more slowly in the roots. Maximum levels of TMV-GFP in the biomass were about 65-fold lower than for TMV. This work demonstrates that hairy root cultures are a feasible means for in vitro propagation of wild-type and transgenic plant viruses under conditions that allow a high degree of environmental containment and control.
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- Fiona S Shadwick
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Spök A. Molecular farming on the rise – GMO regulators still walking a tightrope. Trends Biotechnol 2007; 25:74-82. [PMID: 17174425 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2006.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 10/12/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent increases in EU commercial and academic activities in molecular farming, and the proximity to market-stage of the first plant-made pharmaceuticals, represent a call to action for EU regulators. Drawing on the North American debate on molecular farming, it will be argued that both the rationale and the risks of molecular farming will differ significantly from those of first generation GM crops. Based on these differences, the suitability of the existing regulatory frameworks, which were developed in response to the arrival of earlier products, is discussed, and specific options for adapting the already complex EU regulatory system to cater for molecular farming are examined.
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- Armin Spök
- IFZ-Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture, Schlögelgasse 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Molecular farming for antigen (vaccine) production in plants. IMPROVEMENT OF CROP PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL END USES 2007. [PMCID: PMC7120765 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5486-0_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Genomic and proteomic approaches to the study of fundamental cell mechanisms are rapidly contributing to broaden our knowledge on metabolic pathways for the optimal exploitation of the cell as a factory. In the last few years this knowledge has led to important advances in the large scale production of diagnostic and therapeutic proteins in heterologous hosts (bacteria, yeasts, mammalian and insect cells or transgenic animals and plants), allowing the comparison of the most efficient methods in terms of costs, product quality and safety.
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Chen TC, Huang CW, Kuo YW, Liu FL, Yuan CHH, Hsu HT, Yeh SD. Identification of Common Epitopes on a Conserved Region of NSs Proteins Among Tospoviruses of Watermelon silver mottle virus Serogroup. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2006; 96:1296-1304. [PMID: 18943661 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-96-1296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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ABSTRACT The NSs protein of Watermelon silver mottle virus (WSMoV) was expressed by a Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) vector in squash. The expressed NSs protein with a histidine tag and an additional NIa protease cleavage sequence was isolated by Ni(2+)-NTA resins as a free-form protein and further eluted after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for production of rabbit antiserum and mouse monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). The rabbit antiserum strongly reacted with the NSs crude antigen of WSMoV and weakly reacted with that of a high-temperature-recovered gloxinia isolate (HT-1) of Capsicum chlorosis virus (CaCV), but not with that of Calla lily chlorotic spot virus (CCSV). In contrast, the MAbs reacted strongly with all crude NSs antigens of WSMoV, CaCV, and CCSV. Various deletions of the NSs open reading frame were constructed and expressed by ZYMV vector. Results indicate that all three MAbs target the 89- to 125-amino-acid (aa) region of WSMoV NSs protein. Two indispensable residues of cysteine and lysine were essential for MAbs recognition. Sequence comparison of the deduced MAbs-recognized region with the reported tospoviral NSs proteins revealed the presence of a consensus sequence VRKPGVKNTGCKFTMHNQIFNPN (denoted WNSscon), at the 98- to 120-aa position of NSs proteins, sharing 86 to 100% identities among those of WSMoV, CaCV, CCSV, and Peanut bud necrosis virus. A synthetic WNSscon peptide reacted with the MAbs and verified that the epitopes are present in the 98- to 120-aa region of WSMoV NSs protein. The WSMoV sero-group-specific NSs MAbs provide a means for reliable identification of tospoviruses in this large serogroup.
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Tremblay A, Beauchemin C, Séguin A, Laliberté JF. Reactivation of an integrated disabled viral vector using a Cre-loxP recombination system in Arabidopsis thaliana. Transgenic Res 2006; 16:213-22. [PMID: 17103245 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9038-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 08/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We developed an inactivated DNA replicon of Turnip Mosaic Virus (TuMV), which was reactivated by a recombination event based on the Cre-loxP system. Viral replication was prevented by the insertion of a translation terminator sequence flanked by two loxP sites at the junction of the P1-HCPro-coding genes. In vitro recombination was tested with purified Cre, which excised the floxed sequence from the TuMV DNA, leaving a single loxP site in the reactivated viral genome, and restored the open reading frame of the replicon. Arabidopsis thaliana plants were made transgenic for the inactivated TuMV replicon. Removal of the translation terminator sequence was achieved by the controlled expression of Cre. Delivery of the Cre recombinase to the transgenic plants was obtained by three methods: agroinfiltration, PVX-based production, or transgenic chemical-inducible expression. In each case, reactivation of TuMV replication was observed.
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- Arianne Tremblay
- Centre de foresterie des Laurentides, Ressources naturelles du Canada, Services canadien des forêts, 1055 rue du PEPS, G1V 4C7, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada
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Shrawat AK, Lörz H. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cereals: a promising approach crossing barriers. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2006; 4:575-603. [PMID: 17309731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cereal crops have been the primary targets for improvement by genetic transformation because of their worldwide importance for human consumption. For a long time, many of these important cereals were difficult to genetically engineer, mainly as a result of their inherent limitations associated with the resistance to Agrobacterium infection and their recalcitrance to in vitro regeneration. The delivery of foreign genes to rice plants via Agrobacterium tumefaciens has now become a routine technique. However, there are still serious handicaps with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of other major cereals. In this paper, we review the pioneering efforts, existing problems and future prospects of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of major cereal crops, such as rice, maize, wheat, barley, sorghum and sugarcane.
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- Ashok Kumar Shrawat
- Centre for Applied Plant Molecular Biology (AMP II), University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
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García JA, Lucini C, García B, Alamillo JM, López-Moya JJ. The use of Plum pox virus as a plant expression vector. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2006.01012.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kohl T, Hitzeroth II, Stewart D, Varsani A, Govan VA, Christensen ND, Williamson AL, Rybicki EP. Plant-produced cottontail rabbit papillomavirus L1 protein protects against tumor challenge: a proof-of-concept study. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2006; 13:845-53. [PMID: 16893983 PMCID: PMC1539125 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00072-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2006] [Revised: 04/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The native cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV) L1 capsid protein gene was expressed transgenically via Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation and transiently via a tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) vector in Nicotiana spp. L1 protein was detected in concentrated plant extracts at concentrations up to 1.0 mg/kg in transgenic plants and up to 0.4 mg/kg in TMV-infected plants. The protein did not detectably assemble into viruslike particles; however, immunoelectron microscopy showed presumptive pentamer aggregates, and extracted protein reacted with conformation-specific and neutralizing monoclonal antibodies. Rabbits were injected with concentrated protein extract with Freund's incomplete adjuvant. All sera reacted with baculovirus-produced CRPV L1; however, they did not detectably neutralize infectivity in an in vitro assay. Vaccinated rabbits were, however, protected against wart development on subsequent challenge with live virus. This is the first evidence that a plant-derived papillomavirus vaccine is protective in an animal model and is a proof of concept for human papillomavirus vaccines produced in plants.
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- T Kohl
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701, South Africa
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